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UNITED STATES ENRIQUE DE URIBE, OF BUENOS AYRES, ARGENTINA.

SOWING-MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed August 29,1905. Serial No. 276,313.

To all whom it may concern:

Ee it known that I, ENRIQUE Dn Unten, a citizen of Spain, residing at Buenos Ayres, Argentina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sowing-Machinos, of which the following is a specification.

My'present invention relates to improvements in seed drills, and I have aimed to produce a machine of extreme simplicity and durability and one which shall be exceedingly eflicient in use, and with these and other objects in view the invention comprises the construction and arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and particularly'set forth in the appended claims. i

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying d rawings in which,-

Figure I is a side view. Fig. II a partial plan view. Fig. III is a rear elevation. Fig. IV a general plan Xew. Fig. V is a transverse section of the parts adjacent one of the grain chutes. Fig. VI is a section at iight angles to Fig. V. Fig. VII is a detailed view of the hopper bottom. Fig. VIII is a similar' view showing a plate separating the graduating portion from the sliding bar. Fig. IX is a view similar to Fig. VIII with the parts in different position. Fig. X is a further detail of the hopper secured in place. Fig. XI is a plan view of the portion of the beam with three hopper bottoms or seats thereon. Fig. XII is a similar view with the parts in a different position. Figs. XIII and XIV are similar views of a modification with the parts shown in two different positions. Fig. XV is a section on line I-II of Fig. XVI. Fig. XVI is a side elevation of Fig. XV with the shaft in section. Fig. XVII is a detailed side view of the lever G0 with the coperating quadrant. Fig. XVIII is a similar view of the lever 57. Fig. XIX is a sectional plan of Fig. XVIII and Fig. XX is a section on line III-IV of Fig. IV.

Referring by reference characters to these drawings, it will be observed that the machine includes a grain containing casing comprising the end pieces I, the inclined sides G and 8 and the pivoted covers 29 hinged to the sides S and capable of being opened for the adwheels 4 and I8 which are journaled respectively on shafts or axles 3 and I' carried by the ends l of the casing. Rigidly connected to the wheel 4 is a driving pinion' 5G through which motion is imparted to the grain feeding device in the manner hereinafter described.

From the right hand end I of the casing projects a bracket IG, as shown in Fig. I, to which is secured one end of the beam I0 which carries the grain feeding devices and which forms the bottom of the casing, as shown in Fig. XX. The other end of the beam l() is supported by a bracket I9 see Fig. III depending from the other end wall 2 of the casing.

The machine is mounted upon As a draft device for the machine I provide a beam 22 carrying double tree 23 and having its rear end secured by a bolt to a bracket 7l on the casing as shown in Figs. I and III, the beam being braced by the diagonal rods 24 connected at their rear ends to brackets 25 secured to the walls ofthe casing in a suitable manner as indicated at 26 in Fig. III.

The beam I0 is provided at suitable intervals with grain feed passages 32 which are preferably of inverted truncated cone shape and suitably lined with metal as shown in FigA VI. Beneath the lower end of each passage is located a deflector 50 suitably secured to the under side of the beam. On the upper side of the beam and in proximity to each passage 32 is located a hopper seat 33 having a circular orifice registering with the passage 32 (see Figs. VI to VIII) and having lugs 49 depending on opposite sides of the beam. Each scat 33 is further provided ith a central depression or shallow channel over which is placed a cap plate 3G secured by screws 37 and in the several spaces formed by these depressions or channels, and which are of course in line with each other is located a sliding plate or bar 3S having suitably shaped openings 39 corresponding in number and distance apart with the openings in the hopper seats. Each plate 36 has an opening 42, of course, corresponding to the opening in the hopper scat and the passage in the beam.

Above the plate 3G is located a sliding bar 40, which has suitable apertures 4l, one or more for each hopper, and is guided in its rectilinear movement by projections 43 on the hopper seat, see Figs. IX, XIII and XIV, said projections having threaded openings for the reception of the screw bolts 44 by which the hoppers are secured to the hopper seats, the heads of the screws being countersunk in the mouths 46 of the openings 45. Each hopper 28 is provided with an elongated opening in its bottom, as will be seen from Figs. V, VI, and X, the length of the opening being greater than the run of the sliding bar so that the opening in the latter will always remain within the limits of the elongated opening in the bottom of the hopper.

It will be understood that the grain is fed intermittently through the feed passages by the reciprocating movement of the sliding bar 40, bringing the openings in said bar alternately into and out of alinement with the feed passages. The reciprocation of this bar is effected in the following manner. The gear wheel or pinion 5G rigidly connected in any suitable manner to the wheel 4, so as to turn therewith, meshes with a pinion l2 journaled on a short axle Il on the end wall l. A pinion 13 rigidly connected to the pinion l2 meshes with a pinion l5 secured on a shaft I4 journaled in the bracket 16 as clearly shown in Figs. I and II. For purposes of simplicity and economy, I prefer to make this shaft square, and secure to it a cylindrical sleeve or bushing with hemispherical ends which is held by and rotates between the lower half bearing box 70 formed on the bracket 1G, and the upper halt or section 77 which is secured to the lower by suitable bolts 78. The bushing or sleeve 75 is preferably provided with annular grooves er channels to assist lubrication. This shaft 14 carries a fixed cam section 5l and a longitudinally movable cam section 52, these forming, when the movable cam section is in proximity to the iixed cam section, an intervening cam groove within which projects a roller 77 held by a nut 7 8 on a pin 53 carried by the end oi a lever 54. The lever 54 is iulcrumed on a pin 70 in a recess in the side wall 6 of the case and its inner end engages a box or clip 55 secured to the bar 40. Thus the rotation of the cam will rock said lever and impart a reciprocating movement to the bar 40.

In order that the above. described operating mechanisin may be disconnected to permit the sliding bar to remain at rest in position to cut off the iced, the movable section of the cam is provided with an annular flange 72 which is engaged by the forked lower end 69 of a pivoted lever 57, the upper portion of which is guided by a bracket 5S. The bracket has a recess 80 at one end into which the upper portion oi a lever will be pressed by the spring 8l and thereby retained in position to hold the movable clutch member in operative position (see Fig. XIX). When the lever' is in the position shown in Fig. XVII, the movable cani section will be thrown to the leit and the rotation ol the rigid cam section will cause its high portion to force the roller 77 to the left, swinging the opposite end and with it the bar 40 into the extreme right hand position as shown in Fig. XIV, thus bringing the openings out of alinement and cutting oft the feed.

In order to regulate the amount of grain led or to adjust the device to adapt it for grains of different size or character, it is only necessary to vary the position oi the slide bar 38 so as to bring the openings therein more or less nearly in alineinent with the feed passages. This is accomplished by a hand lever (i0 (see Fig. XVII), pivoted to the case at 6l and having a slot in its lower` end which is engaged by a pin or projection 62 on a bar grain, as indicated at 83, and the lever may be clamped in any position to Which it may be adjusted by a thumb nut 84.

I prefer to make the openings in the plate or bar 3G and those in the bar 38 egg shaped with the narrow portions pointing in opposite directions as clearly shown on the left of Fig. XII.

I-Iaving thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. In a seed distributing machine, a seed holding casing, wheels supporting the saine, feed chutes leading from the casing, a sliding bar over the feed chutes having-corresponding openings, a shaft driven from one of the supporting wheels, a cam section fast thereon, a movable cani device, a lever having' one end connected with the sliding bar and the other engaging between the cani sections, and a hand lever for operating the movable cani section,"substan tially as described.

2. In combination, a seed containingcasing, a longitudinal bar in the bottoni thereof having feed passages, a seat secured to the bar in proximity to each passage, longitudinal recesses in each seat, an adjustable bar extending throughout all the recesses and having openings corresponding to the feed passages, a plate over each seat for holding the adjustable bar in place, a sliding feed bar over said plate having openings corresponding to the feed passages, and a hopper clamped to each seat, substantially as described.

3. In combination, a seed containing casing, a longitudinal bar in the betteln thereof having feed passages, a seat secured to the bar in proxilnity to each passage, longitudinal recesses in each seat, an adjustable bar extending throughout all the recesses and having openings corresponding to the feed passages, a plate over each seat for holding the adjustable bar in place, a sliding feed bar over said plate having openings corresponding to the feed passages, and a hopper clamped to each seat, said seat having projections for supporting the hopper and guiding the sliding bar, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses,

' ENRIQUE DE URIBE.

Witnesses z 'loiuas A. Ln Bnn'roni', Ban'iono R. OnLIGADo. 

